Is Inoue’s success due to him or his opposition?

His resume isn’t poor but what he’s lacking is big punchers on his resume. After the Donaire fight I always said big punchers are the only ones that can give him some trouble. Now this isn’t his fault since there aren’t a lot of big punchers at his weight class.

 

I don't think his opposition is bad however he is clearly head and shoulders above it. He's not ducking some big name in the weight that is an obvious threat. Nery and Fulton are accomplished fighters and he took them apart

 

I always said that he Hes hasn’t fought an elite level boxer.

 

No. It is just that Inoue is so good he makes it look so easy. Nery is a huge puncher and put him down with a good, solid shot and all Inoue did was get up and proceed to beat the crap out of him.

Stop with the Troll posts.

 

both. he is technically superior to his opposition, AND he is naturally a bigger framed guy than them. inoue is not a small 122. he is wide and solid.

 

His opponents might not be household names, but they're one hundred percent legit, and you only need to watch them to know they're no scrubs in either the technical or power punching departments.

 

Him all day long.

 

I can understand your post, but he clearly has fight ending raw power which his opponents have all struggled with.

Nery was very reckless in there and his defence was poor. If anyone stands in front of Inoue they are going to be in trouble. You have to box him with a ramrod job, which is very easy to say on a forum. Him v prime Naz, PacMan or Loma at 126lbs would have been epic.

 

The argument could be made that the little guy divisions in striking and grappling are way deeper because there's not many other sports for them to go to.

It's just that they mostly have feather dusters so they don't draw. Inoue is the generational exception.

 

Both, but he is brilliant and for my money the p4p

 

“they still got the nerve 2 say I ain’t fought nobody …. I just makem look like nobody!”
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxBAeGtvaKklpTKpStzspAHW1vOOIqZVxK?si=OsA_cLIe7pRrhqPV

 

I remember people putting this up after he had brutally beaten the #1's in 3 different divisions already, constantly saying he had to "prove" himself.
Then after he beat "a real test" by early KO he had to prove himself again, and again and again...
He's now 22-0, 20 in titlefights against 15 different (former) champions after only 27 fights.

 

Well, his opposition isn't very poor. I mean he's beaten world class fighters ,but he could use sort of a career defining win and sometimes the opponent just ain't there.